Tanzania in Deep Time :: Exhibitions
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EVENTS
Dairy Barn Fest 2010
April 30, May 1, 2010
Dairy Barn Fest is a festive weekend of spring shopping and a Mom's Weekend tradition featuring over 44 artists and artisans from the region
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May 8, 2010
Join us Saturday, May 8, at The Dairy Barn Arts Center (8000 Dairy Lane) for one of Athens’s best-loved gala fundraising events, our 17th biennial Art & Leisure Auction, There will be both a live an...
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OH + 5 '10
January 15 - February 28, 2010
read moreTranscending the Figure
March 12 - April 25, 2010
read moreQuilting Traditions: The Art of the Amish
May 28 - September 6, 2010
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Tanzania in Deep Time
December 5 - February 12, 2008
On view Through February 12, 2009
Drs. Nancy Stevens and Patrick O’Connor, both of Ohio University, have been working on a paleontological field research project in the Rukwa Rift Basin of southwestern Tanzania. This project is a large collaborative effort involving researchers from Ohio University, University of Dar Es Salaam, Michigan State University, Tanzania National Museums, and Southern Utah University. Last summer, the team launched an exhibit on Tanzanian paleontology and biodiversity through time in English and Kiswahili languages at the Tanzanian National Museum. This complete exhibit will be on view for the first time in the US at The Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. O
Come see The Dairy Barn Arts Center’s latest exhibit “Tanzania in ‘DEEP TIME’ Paleontology in the Rift Valley.” The exhibitlets you see behind the scenes of an actual paleontological dig, from tools to excavation techniques to life in the field. In addition, you will learn how discoveries from this field project are helping to solve the mysteries of the past. What animals lived on the “Supercontinent” of GONDWANA? How are they related to the animals that live today? Stop in, see and learn what fossil discoveries from the East African Rift can tell us about the past. Come discover the dinosaurs and other creatures of “Tanzania in ‘DEEP TIME.’